Quick Spicy Garden Mix Pickles (Refrigerator Method) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 kirby cucumbers, sliced thick
2 cups cauliflower florets
1 cup fresh jalapenos or 1 cup pickled jalapeno pepper, sliced
1 1/2 onions, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
2 celery ribs, sliced
3 1/2 cups pickle juice, from dill pickles
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup jalapeno juice, from pickled jalapenos
8 -10 dried hot red chili peppers
5 garlic cloves, peeled
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon mustard seeds

Preparation

Place cucumbers, cauliflower, and jalapenos (if using pickled ones) in a mixing bowl.
If using fresh jalapenos, place them in a large saucepan with the onions, carrots, celery, pickle juice, sugar, jalapeno brine, chile peppers, garlic, celery seeds, and mustard seed and bring to a boil.
Mix hot brine mixture with cucumbers in the mixing bowl, stirring to blend.
Pack mixture into a large container or jars and refrigerate for 1-2 weeks, stirring daily, until cucumbers are pickled but still crisp.
Pickles not suitable for canning or freezing. Store unused pickles in the refrigerator.